Importance of Eating Rightly

Eating is of course a most
important factor in the physical and mental fitness of a person.
You can add many years to your life by revising some of your
eating habits. People don’t die rather they kill themselves at
the dining tables, lunch counters and banquet hall of the world.

The question, what to eat implies on almost unlimited variety
of foods to choose from. People usually decide the matter in one
of the two ways:

a. They eat what they please.
b. They eat what is best for them.

Those who eat what they please, become slaves to their appetite.
If they like a food they eat it. They argue that appetite is a
safe guide and for proof some cite the way animals choose their
food. Those people who choose their food in light of what is
best and thus make their appetite the servant of their intellect
are the wise people.

Before a person can choose wisely, he must know what food
provides the nutritional elements his body needs. If you are
wise enough to select proper foods for yourself then you can add
several years to your life. Even more important than that is you
can have a life and vitality to those years. Two most important
factors for eating rightly are:

1. If you want to live longer and to keep the body in good
working order you must eat more of the foods rich in proteins,
vitamins and minerals. Foods like meat, fish, eggs, fruits,
salads and lightly cooked vegetables.

2. You must eat less of the high starch food like breads, excess
sugars, candies etc. They may tickle and appease the appetite
but give your body nothing needed for repair.

It is as simple as that for you to maintain health and live a
lot longer than you may have thought possible. It goes without
saying that your body chemistry cannot make the right materials
unless it gets the right foods to work on. The wonderful thing
about your body is that under ideal conditions it can rush to
the defense of some injuries or worn out part and needed repairs
quickly.

All this can only happen if your body gets the right fuel and
substances with which to do such a useful task. That is where
the right kind of foods come in. They help the chemical
laboratory within your body to get in good working conditions.